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exigence

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Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 16 in Bbm - advice?

on: May 31, 2006, 11:52:11 PM

Just curious as to what words of wisdom you'd have for something like this; I have an Argerich recording of it that's just, well, amazing. Would like to be able to play it, but ... yeah.

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Re: Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 16 in Bbm - advice?

Reply #1 on: June 01, 2006, 12:21:21 AM

Well, first of all... don't let yourself get intimidated

. What stuff are you currently playing/have you played ?

Just like anything else, you break it up into sections and go from there. More info from you will be helpful, but are you looking for a way to break it up ?

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exigence

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Re: Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 16 in Bbm - advice?

Reply #2 on: June 01, 2006, 02:08:58 AM

I was actually just playing with the idea of trying it, not necessarily serious about it just yet

Other stuff... The Op. 40 polonaises, Scriabin's famous D#m, one of his Ebm preludes (forget the opus, it's an earlier work / not even sure if there was another in that key), was last working on Schubert-Liszt's Valse-Caprice No. 6, as well as the first movement to Grieg's E minor sonata. So it's not quite of the same technique, really; and yeah, I was thinking about how I would break it up while listening to a couple of recordings I have of it, haven't sat down and done it yet, though.

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Re: Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 16 in Bbm - advice?

Reply #3 on: June 01, 2006, 02:54:59 AM

Quote from: m1469 on June 01, 2006, 12:21:21 AM

Well, first of all... don't let yourself get intimidated . What stuff are you currently playing/have you played ?

That is the best advice! In fact there is the famous story of Martha learning Gaspard de la Nuit in three days. She said, "I didn't know it was supposed to be hard."

Walter Ramsey

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m1469

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Re: Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 16 in Bbm - advice?

Reply #4 on: June 02, 2006, 05:12:30 AM

Quote from: exigence on June 01, 2006, 02:08:58 AM

I was actually just playing with the idea of trying it, not necessarily serious about it just yet

Other stuff... The Op. 40 polonaises, Scriabin's famous D#m, one of his Ebm preludes (forget the opus, it's an earlier work / not even sure if there was another in that key), was last working on Schubert-Liszt's Valse-Caprice No. 6, as well as the first movement to Grieg's E minor sonata. So it's not quite of the same technique, really; and yeah, I was thinking about how I would break it up while listening to a couple of recordings I have of it, haven't sat down and done it yet, though.

Well, you could always just sit down, take a look at how you will break it up, and post your plan here... you know, just in case you get more serious about it

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Re: Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 16 in Bbm - advice?

Reply #5 on: June 22, 2009, 09:03:19 PM

Going to give this one a shot. I love how it sounds, don't know if I'm ready for it yet...never know until you try

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Re: Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, No. 16 in Bbm - advice?

Reply #6 on: June 24, 2009, 07:41:12 PM

Like the F# minor prelude, I had to play through slowly and gradually build up speed. However, I also played small segments quickly over and over again. These two different approaches promoted clarity and power respectively.

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